Today is my beloved granddaughter Luna’s 3rd birthday. We are officially celebrating on Sunday, but I wanted to reflect for a moment on the presence of this child in my life. Since Luna is my first grandchild, I certainly didn’t know what to expect. I thought, of course, that I would love her and have…
Visit in Salt Lake City
We are in Salt Lake City visiting my sister Leslie’s son Jim, his wife, Karri, and their kids, Eli and Sophie. We also hope to see Leslie’s daughter Kevin and her husband Scott while we are here for this short visit. We went for a hike today, then to the U of Utah Utes baseball…
Blog Milestone: 125,000+ Views! Thank you, Readers.
I have been waiting to hit 125,000 views so that I could celebrate your support of my blog, my friends. Today, I have 125, 433 views of the 1530 posts I’ve written since I began blogging daily back in 2011. I have had over 65,000 visitors to my blog and over 4, 000 comments. I…
Tonight and Today
Scurrying this evening to get all the prep work done for the upcoming Story Circle Network classes that begin in mid-May. This is after a day up in Ojai taking care of estate-related business. The good news is I got a lot accomplished today and I feel much better knowing it’s done. Hooray. The weather…
Up in Ojai
We are up in Ojai tonight so we can handle some business tomorrow. The night is very quiet which is lovely because Ray and I have both had busy days. The dogs are with us. They are happy in general and especially happy here. Something about being outside alot running from one place to another….
Last Stained Glass Class at Barnsdall Art Center Tonight
Liz and I have enjoyed meeting every Tuesday night from 6:30 – 9:30 at the Barnsdall Art Center in Hollywood to learn about stained glass. The teachers, a sweet couple who buzzed around helping everyone, were kind, supportive and helpful. I’ve never done one thing with stained glass – have hardly done anything in an…
Repost: Elie Wiesel’s “Night” and Its Relevance Today
Today I worked with one of my UCLA students on a paper centered on Elie Wiesel’s book, Night. This is Wiesel’s first-hand account of being forced to leave his home in Transylvania (along with his entire village) and relocate first to Auschwitz and later to Buchenwald concentration camps during World War II. The volume is…
Easter Day in Photos
This should pretty much say it all. St. Thomas the Apostle, Fully Festooned A portion of our motley crew of acolytes One acolyte gone astray in search of Easter eggs Auntie Liz and Luna at the Easter egg hunt Luna’s happiest moment: Meeting the Easter Bunny with Auntie Rachael …
Today & A Little Visitor Tonight
We were up early this morning to go cook breakfast for the homeless at the Breakfast Club at St. Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood. We also made 12 quiches to donate to the Easter brunch tomorrow for all of our parishioners. It’s amazing how 12 quiches seems like nothing when already cooking for 150 people. The…
Good Friday: How This Connects to Our Modern World
We have just come from church for Good Friday. Very touching indeed this mass. The Gospel reading was The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John, which details Jesus’s condemnation by the crowd, his crucifixion and death, then being taken to the tomb. We sang a hymn during Communion with a verse…
20 Minutes a Day 